9-letter words containing f, a, m
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- damn fool — Damn fool means 'very stupid'.
- damnified — Simple past tense and past participle of damnify.
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- defeatism — Defeatism is a way of thinking or talking which suggests that you expect to be unsuccessful.
- demassify — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- dirt farm — a tract of land on which a dirt farmer works.
- disaffirm — to deny; contradict.
- disk farm — (jargon) (Or "laundromat") A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (especially washing machines).
- dismayful — filled with dismay
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- draftsman — draughtsman (def 1).
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- effingham — a town in central Illinois.
- el faiyûm — a city in N Egypt: a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty. Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- fabianism — the theories of economic and social reform advocated by the Fabian Society.
- face mask — Sports. the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.
- face time — time spent speaking or meeting with one or more people face to face, in contrast to phone conversations or other means of communication: Is he available for a couple of hours of face time?
- face-time — Face-time is time that you spend talking directly to someone, rather than talking by phone or email.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- fair game — a legitimate or likely object of attack, mockery, etc.: With his fat, round face, the politician was fair game for the cartoonists.
- falangism — the ideology and practices of the Falange political party
- falciform — sickle-shaped; falcate.
- famagusta — a seaport on the E coast of Cyprus, on an inlet of the Mediterranean: castle; large cathedral (now a mosque).
- familiars — Plural form of familiar.
- familiary — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.
- famishing — Present participle of famish.
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- fancy man — a woman's lover.
- far-famed — widely known; famous.
- farcemeat — forcemeat.
- farm belt — an area or region noted principally for farming.
- farm hand — a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- farm team — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- farm-bike — a motorcycle built for off-road travel
- farm-toun — a farmhouse together with its outbuildings
- farmeress — (dated) A female farmer.
- farmhands — Plural form of farmhand.
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- farmlands — Plural form of farmland.
- farmstead — a farm together with its buildings.
- farmwoman — a woman who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- farmyards — A yard or enclosure attached to a farmhouse.